Japanese Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1348-673X
Print ISSN : 0021-4868
ISSN-L : 0021-4868
Development of Non-bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis after Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy for Severely Calcified Mitral Stenosis
Tomimoto ShigehiroIto ShigenoriSuzuki TakahikoMishima AkiraSuzumura HiroshiTakeda YutakaYamada YoshiakiHorio ToruGoto AkitomoSuzuki ShogoFukutomi TatsuyaItoh Makoto
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2000 Volume 41 Issue 3 Pages 411-416

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We encountered a case of mitral stenosis, complicated with non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis, that developed after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC). A 71-year-old female Japanese patient had severe congestive heart failure and underwent PTMC for critical and severely calcified mitral stenosis. Four weeks later, the echocardiogram demonstrated a highly echoic protrusion in the postero-medial commissure of the mitral valve. There was little evidence of inflammation at that time. She had been anticoagulated adequately since she was admitted. The patient underwent replacement of the mitral valve. She did not show any evidence of systemic embolization. Microscopic evaluation showed only organized thrombus but no evidence of inflammation in the mitral valve. Silent development of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis after PTMC should be recognized as a rare but potentially lethal complication of PTMC.

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